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Frequently Asked Questions

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  1. CRA FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

    1. What is CRA?
    2. Who discovered CRA?
    3. Can CRA treat . . . .?
    4. Where do I find a practitioner that uses CRA?
    5. My CRA practitioner has me on a lot of supplements. I can't take them all! What do I do?
    6. I feel worse after starting my program! Is this normal?
    7. What about the use of magnets in CRA? I've talked to a friend that was fitted with special foot supports that had magnets in them.
    8. Where can I find more information regarding CRA?
    9. I'm very concerned that my CRA doctor has put me on supplements that are from cows. With the recent scare of Mad Cow Disease, should I really be taking these supplements?
    10. What are the requirements to become a professional CRA practioner?
    11. Can I attend a CRA seminar? Where are they held?

  2. Chiropractic FAQ

    1. What is this information for?
    2. How large is the chiropractic profession?
    3. How many people see chiropractors?
    4. Are chiropractors educated as well medical doctors (MDs) and osteopaths (DOs)?
    5. Do I have to see my medical doctor before I see a chiropractor?
    6. Does a chiropractor have to have a license to practice?
    7. Is chiropractic recognized by government agencies?
    8. I've heard that chiropractic really doesn't have a scientific basis. What are the facts?
    9. Is chiropractic care expensive?
    10. Does chiropractic treat any other problems except back problems?
    11. Could I be hurt by chiropractic care? Is it really safe?
    12. Can a person who had back surgery see a chiropractor?
    13. Is it OK to see a chiropractor if I'm pregnant?
    14. Can a Chiropractor help with painful bone spurs?
    15. When a license is granted to a chiropractor, what does this mean to the public?
    16. What can the public expect from a doctor of chiropractic?
    17. I'm looking for a state licensing board so I know the requirements to practice in that state. Where do I find this information?
    18. Why won't my medical doctor refer me to a chiropractor? I think it would help.

  3. Back Pain FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

    1. Can a disc herniation cause paralysis?
    2. I am 35 years old and already have chronic low back pain. Can I expect that my pain will continue to worsen and that I will become more crippled as I get older?
    3. My child has recently been diagnosed with scoliosis. What are the chances she will have back pain in adulthood?
    4. My father died of bone cancer. Could my back pain be from cancer?
    5. I am scheduled to have a fusion surgery. Will I be able to go up steps after the surgery?
    6. I had a microdiscectomy two weeks ago and continue to have numbness in my leg. The pain in the leg is gone, but will the numbness be permanent?
    7. If I need surgery should I see an orthopaedic surgeon or a neurosurgeon for my spine problem?
    8. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1970s and had a mastectomy. A few months ago, she started complaining of back pain. When I finally got her to see a doctor, she was told they did not get all of her original cancer out and that it has metastasized to her spine. Is there anything that can be done to help her at this stage?
    9. I was involved in a car wreck when I was 40 and fractured my mid-back. I was operated on by a spine surgeon and had rods put in my back with a bone graft. I now suffer daily pain in my back with severe spasms occasionally going down into my legs. Is there anything that could be done for my back pain?
    10. My child is 6 years old and constantly complains of back pain. The pain is the worst at night. His greatest relief is with baby aspirin. My pediatrician ignores this. What can I do?
    11. I started having pain in my lower back about one month ago. It was mild and I could control it with over-the-counter medications. But now the pain has started to go down the back of my leg and even goes to my foot at times causing soreness. Is this sciatica? What would you recommend?
    12. About two years ago I fell and injured my coccyx. I sit on a doughnut-shaped pillow for pain relief. Is there anything else I can do to relieve the pain?
    13. I am a 68-year-old woman who has had low back pain off and on for many years. When it gets bad, I usually just take it easy for a few days and it seems to go away. About six weeks ago, I slipped slightly while getting out of the shower, and since then I have had a dull but persistent ache in my back that at times shoots down into my left thigh and leg. Rest does not help nor have anti-inflammatories that I have been taking. The pain is waking me up every night, which it has never done before. What would you suggest?
    14. I have recently started to have a nagging backache that never seems to completely go away. My husband says it is because I sleep on my stomach. Could this be the cause of my backache? What position do you recommend for sleeping?
    15. For the past five years, I have been suffering with low back pain on and off. This pain moves down to my knee and sometimes into my lower leg (sciatica). It seems to be worsening. It increases when I walk as little as one block. Leaning on some kind of support like a shopping cart enables me to walk farther. I have been taking over-the-counter pain medications but do not feel it is helping. Can you suggest something that would relieve my pain?
    16. I am a laborer at a local tackle shop and often have to lift heavy boxes of bait and dry ice. Although I always wear a brace while working, I recently felt a sharp pain in my back while lifting a box. Since that time, I have continued to have some pain in my lower back but mostly I am having pain and tingling in my leg up into the hip area. I have been to a chiropractor weekly for the last month with very little relief. I was diagnosed with mild spinal stenosis as a teen-ager but was never treated for this. Could this be contributing to my current back problem?
    17. I am 38 and am in excellent health. Six months ago I started having severe cramps in my right leg and back, which kept me in bed for two weeks. Eventually the cramps disappeared but I was left with constant numbness and tingling in my right calf and foot. X-rays confirmed a problem with my sciatic nerve. Can you tell me what to do to relieve the constant ache and numbness in my calf and foot? Also, my lower back has been weak and I am unable to resume a regular exercise program.
    18. I am 22 and work out avidly. I ride my bike 20 to 30 miles three or four times a week and in-line skate on the other days. I am a nonsmoker in excellent physical condition. I recently started having irritating, nagging low back pain during the day. I am OK in the evening but sometimes I am awakened by the pain. A hot shower generally relieves my back spasms. What should I do?

  4. Information regading vitamins/supplements

    1. How do I know supplements to take for a specific conditon?

  5. Where do I find additional information regarding CRA, Chiropractic, Nutrition, and Health?

    1. Where do I find additional information regarding Chiropractic?
    2. I want to attend a Chiropractic college. How should I make a decision?

  6. Questions Regarding Services Offered on the Web Site

    1. How does this site work?
    2. What services are offered on the web site?
    3. What is the cost of the services?
    4. What do I get for my consultation fee?
    5. What security measures have been taken to ensure my confidentiality?
    6. Are the online doctors real doctors?

  7. Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

    1. What is the Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis?
    2. Why do I need a hair mineral analysis?
    3. Why use the hair? Why not use the blood?
    4. Why test for minerals?
    5. What can cause a mineral imbalance?
    6. What do I receive when I order a full hair analysis profile?
    7. Is Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis supported by research?
    8. When is hair analysis the wrong choice?
    9. How do I get the test?

  8. ADHD Diet - Feingold Diet FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

    1. Where is the official Feingold site?
    2. Who was Dr. Benjamin Feingold?
    3. Where did he get the idea of chemicals in food triggering symptoms of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)?
    4. I have heard that many other symptoms also improve on the Feingold diet. Why is that?
    5. If I try the Feingold diet will I have to change my family's lifestyle and eating pattern?
    6. Why should my entire family participate in the diet program? Only my son has ADHD.
    7. What about toothpaste, shampoo, mouthwash, cough drops and medicine?
    8. OK -- what are these "guidelines?" What is eliminated on this diet?
    9. Why?
    10. Why does it say in the Feingold Program materials to "carefully reintroduce" salicylates after seeing an improvement on the diet?
    11. I heard there is a Feingold Cookbook. Where can I get it?
    12. Is it true that a good response to the diet depends on 100 percent compliance?
    13. What about the carefully designed experiments that we are told "fail to support the idea that additives are responsible for such symptoms in the vast majority of children?"
    14. I have heard that the improvement on the diet is related to changes in family dynamics, such as paying more attention to the child. Didn't somebody prove that?
    15. I have heard that some foods containing salicylates are not excluded from the Feingold diet. Why?
    16. What more is needed to make the following a description of the "ideal experiment?"
    17. You frequently mention 26 mg of food dye. If it is too low, where did this figure come from? Why did they use it in the studies
    18. Why, then, in 1980, did the Nutrition Foundation conclude that "based on seven studies ... there have been no instances of consistent, dramatic deterioration in behavior ... with artificial food colorings..."?
    19. What about sugar? Does that cause hyperactivity? Is it eliminated on the Feingold diet?
    20. What about aspartame (NutraSweet)? Is it allowed on the Feingold diet?
    21. What about MSG? Nitrites? Sulfites?
    22. What about EDTA? Polysorbate 80? Calcium Chloride? Other stuff?
    23. Dr. Feingold did not talk about all these other things. I have heard that the Feingold Association keeps making new claims. Why?
    24. How do the synthetic chemicals in the food or environment affect adults?
    25. Are you clinical ecologists?
    26. What about perfume? It has been used for thousands of years? How can it be harmful?
    27. But how could perfume make a child overactive or make him misbehave?
    28. What about paint or "new rug" smells?
    29. Will this diet make my child think he is unhealthy or fragile?
    30. What about parties? And won't my child feel ostracized if he has to eat differently?
    31. Won't trying the diet deprive my child of appropriate professional help?
    32. How do I know in advance if the diet will help me?
    33. How do I get these materials and start the diet?
    34. What do I do if I live in another country?